Re: A routing problem and possible solutions (fwd)

Marc Rouleau (mer@world.evansville.net)
Wed, 27 Nov 1996 04:22:12 -0600 (CST)

On Nov 26, 7:11pm, MegaZone wrote:
>> If so, how will we handle dialup host routes -- will we be able to aggregate
>> them into /27 subnets on a per-Portmaster basis even when not all ports are
>> in use? Or will they have to propagate as host routes?
>
> My take would be to use OSPF on the network and have the individual host
> routes propigate.

I don't have a good feel for the load that an OSPF process with hundreds or
even thousands of routes changing multiple times per minute will place on
the network's routers, but I do wonder about the scalability of allowing
host routes to propagate. I suppose we'll just have to try it and see.

-- Marc Rouleau

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